I love onion rings - but I don't like to eat fried foods on a regular basis - so I found this recipe and I am going to try it this weekend - Here it is complements of Ellie Krieger 

Oven Baked Onion Rings

2007, Ellie Krieger, All rights reserved

Prep Time:

10 min

Inactive Prep Time:

hr min

Cook Time:

20 min

Level:

Easy

Serves:

4 side-dish servings

Ingredients

• Cooking spray
• 4 cups baked potato chips
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne
• 1 cup lowfat buttermilk
• 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• 1 to 2 large Vidalia onions, peeled

Directions

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.

Spray a baking sheet slightly with oil and set aside. Place potato chips in the bowl of a food processor and process into crumbs, about 20 seconds. Transfer to a shallow bowl, add cayenne, and set aside. In another bowl, combine buttermilk, 2 tablespoons of flour, salt and pepper and set aside. Slice onions into 1/2-inch circles and separate into rings, keeping only large, whole rings (reserve rest of onions for other uses). You should come out with about 12 to 14 rings.

Place the remaining flour in a sealable plastic bag, then add onions, and shake to coat. Dip onions 1 at a time into the buttermilk mixture, then dip into potato chip crumbs and place on baking sheet. Spray canola oil evenly over rings and bake for 20 minutes, or until coating is crisp. Season with salt, to taste, and serve immediately.

For those of you who keep chips in the house( I can't because i will eat them -Lays original kettle chips my fav.) don't throw away the bottom of the bag broken ones- save them in an airtight container!!A lot of recipes call for buttermilk- who keeps that on hand? In the baking isle there is powdered buttermilk so you have it when you need it!